M'off in the morning ... CT125 'Adventure Cub'

[King Rat]

Pentland Ferries made/making so much money...a million quid a month...renting their spare boat, the Alfred, to Calmac to cover for shortages on the west coast, that they are able to keep prices down.

Maybe another trip to Orkney is on the cards, and see if I can actually catch a trout this time! Scotland has hidden her trout from me for over 4 decades. Salmon and seatrout I have caught, and bass on the north coast but the brown trout have evaded me entirely.

 

[gerarddwatts]

Emergency £1m-a-month relief ferry to remain in service for extra six months

MV Alfred will have been chartered for two years following the recent extension.

news.stv.tv

 

[Flintlock]

Maybe another trip to Orkney is on the cards, and see if I can actually catch a trout this time! Scotland has hidden her trout from me for over 4 decades. Salmon and seatrout I have caught, and bass on the north coast but the brown trout have evaded me entirely.

Get yourself over to N.Ireland, no shortage of Brown Trout here!

 

[Northern jock]

Get yourself over to N.Ireland, no shortage of Brown Trout here!

That wouldn’t help him finally catch one in Scotland though

 

[gerarddwatts]

Tee hee...

 

[Micky]

Just make sure you have a couple of waxed bags on hand.
Have a nice safe one.
I must go back up to Shetland. I didn’t get to see much when I went.
I may do Orkney again late September this year though. I have a month off.

I just went to book my motorhome on the Gills Bay to St Margrets Hope ferry in late September and it came to £282 return. I thought that’s gone up a lot since March 2019 when I went last time. I just looked back in my banking app and it was £124 each way. £40 difference. I can live with that.

I hope to be back up here in the Camper September October I love Orkney.

Very rough crossing on the Good Shepherd to Grutness … we were bobbing about like a cork under the tap. Wet and windy ride up Shetland to Lerwick for the Northlinks boat to Aberdeen via Kirkwall where we are just pulling alongside. Onwards and forwards to Aberdeen in an hour.
No waxed bags required … all that is required on these ferries is …


Catchya later folks. N’night’n sweet dreams

 

[Micky]

Just past Peterhead, an hour to Aberdeen. Many folk were sick t’was rough!

 

[Northern jock]

Just past Peterhead, an hour to Aberdeen. Many folk were sick t’was rough!

Scapa Special is a nice pint, thats whats on tap in the Kettletoft hotel on Sanday as I'm sure you remember, supervised by the parrot
Hopefully a decent ride to Gerrard's

 

[gerarddwatts]

 

[gerarddwatts]

Someone's pleased to see him!

 

[TIJ650]

Dog’s are great judges of character, but they’re also quite keen on the nether regions too………so this can often distort the results.

 

[harry the cat]

Lock up your dog Gerard!

 

[gerarddwatts]

Lock up your dog Gerard!

Hmmm...I think my dog could smell his nether regions while they were still on the North Sea....luckily the moped is too small to carry a nicked spaniel!

 

[Northern jock]

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Excellent. Something missing though

 

[King Rat]

Excellent. Something missing though

It went down the pan on the ferry!

 

[Oldrat]

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Aw, lovely woofer

 

[gerarddwatts]

Excellent. Something missing though

I'm trying to keep him off it til after lunch...

 

[Doc]

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Bloody hell it's like Croc heaven.

 

[gerarddwatts]

Aw, lovely woofer

 

[Tinytim]

Bloody hell it's like Croc hell.

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